…Gov. Gretchen Whitmer gave the first State of the State Address of her second term from the House Chamber of the Michigan Capitol Wednesday evening. The speech marked the first in-person State of the State Address since 2020, following virtual speeches in 2021 and 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In her opening remarks, Whitmer highlighted the achievements of her last term, including investing in public education, creating...…
…UPDATE 1/25: This article has been updated to include a statement from a Sweetgreen spokesperson. Dozens of University of Michigan students and community members lined up along State Street Tuesday morning in anticipation of the grand opening of Sweetgreen, a fast-casual salad chain focused on seasonal ingredients and local partnerships. Kinesiology senior Brooke Harrison and Kate Kikilo, U-M alum and Ann Ar...…
…“Nearly everything I know about love, I’ve learned from my long- term friendships with women.” This quote may sound familiar to you because of a recent TikTok trend circling around the app. Picture and video compilations of people being themselves with their friends have crowded my For You page, and I must confess that I have a carefully-crafted TikTok of the same nature sitting in my drafts. The quote, however, was not originally ...…
…“Nice guys finish last.” The phrase, coined in 1946 by Dodgers manager Leo Durocher to slam the New York Giants, has become the motto of millions of manipulative, pseudo-feminist “incels” all over the world, and I, for one, am ready to talk about it. If you haven’t been online in the last few years, or haven’t had the pleasure of speaking to one in person, let me fill you in on exactly who I’m talking about. “Incels” (short for “in...…
…At the beginning of Erica Tremblay’s (“Little Chief”) “Fancy Dance,” Jax (Lily Glad- stone, “Certain Women”) and her niece Roki (Isabel Deroy-Olson, “Three Pines”) steal a car. It is the calmest auto theft I have ever seen. Roki takes the keys while their owner fishes and Jax dis- tracts him by washing her shoul- ders across the river. The water sparkles. The sun is bright and lazy. But with this sunny, low-effort theft, Tremblay b...…
…Michigan in Color 6 — Wednesday, February 1, 2023 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com How to make a omelette When I walk along the newly renovated State Street in Ann Arbor, I feel contradictory emotions. Sometimes I see the curbless road, the string lights and benches, and think: how nice. When I’m driving, however, it feels like the worst idea ever conceived. It’s irritating, sitting there stalling. I hear honking. I witnes...…
…S T A T E M E N T Several years ago in an Advanced Placement Language and Composition class, I read “Language in Thought and Action” by S.I. Hayakawa. Most of the book’s contents have admittedly slipped my mind, but one topic that has stuck with me is the difference between denotation and connotation. While a dictionary may denote the meaning of a word, our own connotations can lead to miscommunication. I think about this the...…
…S T A T E M E N T michigandaily.com — The Michigan Daily Wednesday, February 1, 2023— 8 Nature is (almost) free: Inclusivity in outdoor communities Five years ago, in a 6-3 split decision, the U.S. Supreme Court found that the 1992 Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act’s (PASPA) prohibition on “state authorization of sports gambling schemes” was a violation of the 10th Amendment. Almost instantly, a multi-billion dollar ind...…
…I was raised to be a firm believer in passion-fueled education and bold aspirations. Coming from a family full of dreamers, I was never told who I could or could not be. My passions have certainly evolved as the years have gone by, but I have been tied to passion- driven endeavors for as long as I can remember. My young mind was convinced that, no matter the field of study, I would pursue a college education rooted in my passions...…
…F rom its inception in 1917, the debt ceiling has been a major point of contention for lawmakers. Since then, the figure has been raised 78 times since 1960, each occasion serving as a flashpoint for debates over government spending. After much anticipation, we’ve once again reached the debt ceiling, now a whopping $31.4 trillion. This past week, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen announced her department would have to take e...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Wednesday, February 1, 2023 — 11 Michigan dominated by Penn State’s knockdown shooting and scoring depth, 83-61 LINDSAY BUDIN Daily Sports Writer STATE COLLEGE — As Penn State wing Seth Lundy released the ball from 3-point range with four minutes remaining in the first half, the ball clinked against the rim, ricocheting straight up in the air. And as the ball descended, hitting the rim once...…
…LUKE S kating along the ice in front of Penn State’s bench, Luke Hughes dragged his glove across the ice before jumping into the arms of his teammates. Moments after scoring the go-ahead, 5-4 goal, the sophomore defenseman celebrated as crowd noise threatened to blow the roof off of Yost Ice Arena. Because in front of them, Hughes had just added to one of the greatest performances in college hockey history. Hughes’ four-...…
…Katie Wolberg returned to campus after winter break filled with anticipation. As a second- semester LSA freshman, she resolved to explore her developing interest in consulting, excited by the prospect of what joining a firm offered her: a network, a group of friends and a community at the University of Michigan. Despite Katie’s interest in data analytics and consulting, her anticipation quickly turned into disappointment when she w...…
…2 — Friday, February 1, 2019 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News ALEC COHEN/Daily We can transition knowledge to students we are traning and they can contribute to the important topic of nuclear nonproliferation and safeguarding. BE HIND TH E STORY Stanford Lipsey Student Publications Building 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com ARTS SECTION arts@michigandaily.com SPORTS SECTION sports@michigand...…
…As Robinson noted, the campaign has a great deal of data at its disposal. According to Robinson, 42 percent of U-M Dearborn and 39 percent of U-M Flint students qualify for the Pell Grant, a federal grant awarded to high-achieving students with financial need, yet none are covered under the Go Blue Guarantee, the University’s offer of free tuition for in-state families with incomes under $65,000, because this is offered only to ...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4 — Friday, February 1, 2019 The left’s folly in Medicare-for-all Emma Chang Joel Danilewitz Samantha Goldstein Elena Hubbell Emily Huhman Tara Jayaram Jeremy Kaplan Sarah Khan Lucas Maiman Magdalena Mihaylova Ellery Rosenzweig Jason Rowland Anu Roy-Chaudhury Alex Satola Ali Safawi Ashley Zhang Sam Weinberger FINNTAN STORER Managing Editor Stanford Lipsey Student Publications Building 420 ...…
…The first two days of the 2019 Sundance Film Festival felt a lot like the first two days of college. I was alone in an intimidating, new environment, surrounded by people I didn’t know, struggling to acclimate to a tight routine and figure out how to get from place to place. As someone in their final semester, I found this change to be especially jarring. But as the days went by, the Sundance experience slowly became less about try...…
…By David Alfred Bywaters ©2019 Tribune Content Agency, LLC 02/01/19 Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis 02/01/19 ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE: Release Date: Friday, February 1, 2019 ACROSS 1 They may be scraped off in bars 6 Hamlet’s “A little more than kin, and less than kind,” e.g. 11 Cut short 14 Atlas box 15 Got a lode of 16 Half a pair 17 Up-tempo music lover’s aversion? 20 Tune ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Friday, February 1, 2019 — 7 The polar vortex already canceled classes for Wednesday and Thursday. Now, it’s postponed tonight’s Michigan women’s basketball game against Iowa. The game will now be played on Friday at noon. The game is set to be an exciting one, with the nation’s leading scorer Megan Gustafson coming to town. The matchup between Gustafson and Wolverine cente...…
…8 — Friday, February 1, 2019 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com With the Michigan football team’s 2018 regular season in the books, The Daily looks back at the performance of each unit this year and peers ahead to the future in 2019. In this edition: wide receivers. Amid a disappointing 8-5 season in 2017 that was marred by inconsistent play from the quarterback position, Grant Perry led all Michigan wide receivers wit...…
…Former Michigan Governor John Engler has been chosen for the interim president of Michigan State University Wednesday morning morning, following the Larry Nassar scandal that prompted the resignation of university president, Lou Anna Simons. Students and faculty protested the decision in droves at the university board of trustees meeting that same day. Engler is a Republican and Michigan State University alumni who gradua...…
…According to activist Cherie Brown, the first Jewish- American Princess didn’t have a Canada Goose jacket or a Love Your Melon beanie — she was a woman named Marjorie Morningstar, from a book published more than half a century ago. “It was during a period in the 50s after the Holocaust, where Jews had had a third of their people decimated,” Brown said. “There was a feeling that upward mobility could be a vehicle for ...…
…visa lottery system and chain migration. “We’ve conflated the war on terrorism with southern border security ... it’s a way to generate lots of fear, it’s a way to generate lots of spending,” De León said. Jarvis talked about the ways current immigration policy can impact families, especially young children. Though having an adult child in the United States is a way to obtain a visa, having an underage child is not. Becaus...…
…M y goal is not to meet the love of my life until I am at least 26. That will give me two years after I complete my undergraduate degree to work somewhere abroad, building my resume and establishing connections. After that, I will still have two years to come back to the United States and complete my master’s degree. Then my future husband can come into the picture, though he will have to wait at least five years after tha...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Thursday, February 1, 2018 — 5A 3 & 4 Bedroom Apartments $2100‑$2800 plus utilities. Tenants pay electric to DTE Showings scheduled M‑F 10‑3 w/ 24 hour notice required. 1015 Packard 734‑996‑1991 5 & 6 Bedroom Apartments 1014 Vaughn $3250 ‑ $3900 plus utilities Showings scheduled M‑F 10‑3 w/ 24 hour notice required 734‑996‑1991 ARBOR PROPERTIES Award‑Winning Rentals in Kerrytown Central Cam...…
…6A — Thursday, February 1, 2018 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Former coach Berenson wins award The accolades keep coming for Red Berenson. After being honored with a formal rink dedication of the “Red Berenson Rink” at Yost Ice Arena earlier this month, the legendary former Michigan hockey coach — who retired at the end of last season — was named the 2018 Hobey Baker Legends of College Hockey Award recipient Tues...…
…The International Issue B The Michigan Daily | michigandaily.com | Thursday, February 1, 2018 …
…the same sense of belonging as others. A lot of the consternation that this campus has seen surrounding race, gender and identity in recent months has led many students to grapple with their identities in ways they never have before. “MVisible Voices” is about taking these experiences and these identity conflicts and moving them to the very center of the conversation instead of pushing them to the periphery. These stories are jus...…
…My grandmother’s biryani, a rice dish usually served with rich meats and yogurt sauce, is famous among my family and friends. If anyone ever pays a visit to Kolkata, a city in the East Indian state of West Bengal, they make sure to stop by her apartment. And any visit to my grandmother’s apartment warrants a feast. Once, when there was a gathering at her apartment, I saw her wake up at the crack of dawn to start cooking. By lunch...…
…2-BSide 4B —Thursday, February 1, 2018 b-side The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com NowFashion.com So you say you want to be a couturier, do you? The first time I came across “A Perfect Day for Bananafish” it was in the form of 10 printed pages delivered by my sister as she stumbled off a train from Mich. Her friend had written a dissertation on it in high school, and on her recommendation my sister printed it off for the trip ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com b-side Thursday, February 1, 2018 — 5B ARTIST PROFILE IN While it’s pretty much impossible to talk about collegiate a cappella without at least some mention of 2012’s “Pitch Perfect” and the subsequent series that ensued, real-world competitive a cappella requires hours of meticulous rehearsal and thought — not just a miraculous cut from one scene to the next. The competition featu...…
…2-BSide 6B —Thursday, February 1, 2018 b-side The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com We live in an age where it’s hard to find the soul of America. Much of American society is disheartened by the current administration, and if not that, the general state of the world as it is. There seems to be a new headline every day that could easily make one lose faith in his or her country — but even with all this, its heart is still there, h...…
…Throughout his campaign, President Donald Trump promised to limit immigration from Muslim countries, but nothing could prepare LSA senior Tina Al-khersan for the phone call she received at 2:30 a.m. Sunday. Al-khersan’s sister, a citizen of the United States, Iraq and New Zealand, called because she was detained at the Canadian border while trying to come back home after a trip with her boyfriend. American ...…
…GOOD VIBES O N L Y. puzzle by sudokusyndication.com 2A — Wednesday, February 1, 2017 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Psychology professor lectures about success indicators, achievement Ways to assist low-achieving students also discussed in psychology talk CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES Oh deer! Tuesday morning, Cynthia Westphal, wife of City Councilmember Kirk Westphal (D–Ward 2), hit two deer on Fox Hunt Drive while dri...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Wednesday, February 1, 2017 — 3A HALEY MCLAUGHLIN/Daily American Culture professor Philip Deloria and Political Science professor Lisa Ditch discuss the film “This Changes Everything” at a panel after a viewing of the film in Rackham on Tuesday. “THIS CHANGES EVE RY THING” Many of these representatives are working with more than 160 colleagues in the House of Representatives to i...…
…T wo weekends ago, I went back home to Lake Orion, something I do every month. It’s nice to sleep in my own bed and spend time with my family, but I like Ann Arbor more than my hometown. Ann Arbor is more diverse (which is something that just about no one says) and I feel more comfortable here (for once I’m not the only Black girl in my class). If you have an obsession with lakes, like spending the day on a boat or li...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Wednesday, February 1, 2017 — 5A D.R.A.M. is a master of none. Or, more accurately, he is a master of most: The twenty-eight year-old songwriter switches between singing, rapping and crooning with such fluency that it’s difficult to decide which sound most accurately defines his. Since initially rising to fame through the success of his breakout hit “Cha Cha” — famously sampled for ...…
…Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com ACROSS 1 Memo phrase 5 Music-playing Apple 9 Improvises musically 14 Primary 15 “__ Lisa” 16 Many a jukebox tune 17 Type of film industry contract 19 Capital south of Moscow 20 Former justice Antonin 21 Musician’s suffix 23 Make (one’s way) 24 M&M’s choice 27 Solidify 28 “High Voltage” band 29 Starting on 33 Soft shot 35 Mothers of Invention leader 39 Academic ultimatum 43 Early c...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Wednesday, February 1, 2017 — 7A Wolverines to battle Illinois in Champaign Halfway through its conference season, the Michigan women’s basketball team is exactly where it wants to be — poised to shake off its postseason slump. The Wolverines’ 17-5 record through 22 games is their best in program history, and with five of their final eight regular season ...…
…Men’s Hockey Schedule Miss the Mass Meetings? It’s not too late! if you have an interest in joining the sports section! Email us at sportseditors@michigandaily.com Fri, Feb 3 Sat, Feb 4 Fri, Feb 10 Sat, Feb 11 Sat, Feb 17 Fri, Feb 24 Sat, Feb 25 Fri, Mar 3 Sat, Mar 4 Fri, Mar 10 Sat, Mar 11 vs. Ohio State vs. Ohio State vs. Michigan State vs. Michigan State at Wisconsin at Ohio State at Ohio State vs. Minnesota vs....…
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…T he Last Word is a classic cocktail — reportedly first served in the Detroit Athletic Club in the 1910s — made of equal parts gin, lime juice, Maraschino liqueur and green Chartreuse. It’s also a secret bar in Ann Arbor’s Old West Side, accessed through an unmarked door on Huron Street. Though it’s mostly publicized through word of mouth, the elusive nature of the place isn’t an obstacle in attracting clientele. On a Wednesday nigh...…
…3B Wednesday, February 1, 2017 // The Statement In Excess: The Missing Link in the Appropriation Debate B Y T E S S G A R C I A , S E N I O R A R T S E D I TO R COVER PHOTO BY CAROLYN GEARIG, DESIGN BY CLAIRE ABDO AND KATIE SPAK ILLUSTRATION BY KATIE SPAK T he white girl in the headdress does not know why she is wrong. It’s 2017, and the cultural appropriation debate is losing its substance by the minute. I do not want to hear a s...…
…D E T R O I T BY MILES GROFSOREAN, FOR THE DAILY MORE THAN MIDTOWN: LESSONS FROM Wednesday, February 1, 2017 // The Statement 4B Wednesday, February 1, 2017 // The Statement 5B G oogle Maps has never given me much of a warning before an impending turn. Today is no exception. Less than 100 feet before my next maneuver, Siri’s indolent Google Maps cousin alerts me of the approaching Michigan Avenue, so I shove my blue Lin- ...…
…Wednesday, February 1, 2017 // The Statement 6B PHOTO BY CAROLYN GEARIG DETROIT From Page 5B portly gentleman with white pants, smooth black leather shoes, some kind of political T-shirt, black square-framed sunglasses, and a charcoal grey fedora with a yellow-red feather. “How’s it going, brother?” The words sound like those of a honeyed baritone jazz singer. Each vowel is a deep bellow that vibrates my ear lobes. “Well, man. J...…
…H ow did you do it? Maybe how isn’t the right question. The logis- tics of “how” began when mom filed the paperwork and you moved out. You belabored the legal process with unlaw- ful tactics in the courtroom, certainly not on behalf of me and my brother. The asinine time span — nearly nine years — was of your choosing. Were you aware the average time to complete a divorce is about 11 months? You were disrespectful, malicious, ...…
…Wednesday, February 1, 2017 // The Statement 8B V I S U A L S TAT E M E N T: S E M E S T E R I N D E T R O I T PHOTOS BY CAROLYN GEARIG I participated in Semester in Detroit in May and June of 2014. Though it hasn’t been three years since I moved to the city, every time I go back it feels like a different place. Detroit is rapidly changing and it has been fascinating to watch these changes unfold. I took these during Semester in Detr...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Monday, February 1, 2016 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM INDEX Vol. CXXV, No. 62 ©2016 The Michigan Daily michigandaily.com NEWS......................... 2A OPINION.....................4A A R T S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 A SUDOKU..................... 2A CL ASSIFIEDS............... 5A S P O R T S M O N DAY. . . . . . . 1 B NEW ON MICHIGANDAILY.COM Adam Coon win...…
…2A — Monday, February 1, 2016 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 2-News THREE THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW TODAY The Michigan men’s basketball and hockey teams both beat Penn State at Madison Square Garden on Saturday. >> SEE SPORTS on 1B 2 CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES Film screening WHAT: University Professor Silvia Pedraza will host a screening and discussion of “War and Peace,” a film on the Latino struggle for civil rights ...…
…3-News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Monday, February 1, 2016 — 3A Ginsberg Center announces effort to up involvement Mary Jo Callan, director of the Ginsberg Center on campus, is spearheading an outreach initiative to increase community involvement in giving back to others, according to a press release. The center was founded about 20 years ago to facilitate student engagement in learning service experiences. Now...…
